Christensen Still Ecstatic Over Tunsil Addition

Sceeto · May 10, 2016

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“I was ecstatic,” Christensen said as he recalled his reaction on draft night. “I tried not to watch the (draft). It has always been kind of a work weekend for me. I’ll sit at the desk, but I’ll have it on in the (office) and watch. The further he dropped, I was starting to … I kind of started feeling myself get a little knot in my stomach. I’m going, ‘Don’t get your hopes up. You know better than to do that. Don’t get your hopes up. There (are) five places to go.’

“Even when it was one spot away, I’m going, ‘Someone’s trading up. Do not let yourself get your hopes up. You’ve done this before; it’s no fun. You’ll be disappointed.’ When it did happen, I couldn’t believe that it happened. What a great way to start the time here for the whole franchise, for the new staff and the franchise, etc.”
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I felt the same exact way.

“He’s such a good player,” Christensen said. “I don’t think in my wildest dream that I thought we had a chance of him falling that far and us having a chance to get him. I didn’t see it as a possibility. I think the other thing is, for us, to try and build it from the (offensive) line out, to solidify the line to give you some depth and to give you some young offensive lineman was a priority. Now, you start off with arguably the best lineman in the draft — what we thought was the best lineman in the draft. I think for me, personally, that it was, ‘Hey, if we can solidify that and start working out, that’s a great way to build this thing.’”
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Christensen was impressed with Tunsil after getting his first close-up look at the first-round pick during the rookie minicamp last weekend.

“He’s light on (his feet),” Christensen said. “He’s a good athlete. He has a great disposition for an offensive lineman. He has been very impressive in this camp, how he has attacked the learning. We’ve thrown a bunch at him in this camp. It has been 99.9 percent mental, and he has attacked it. I’ve been impressed with him through the whole process and even with the adversity (and) how he handled it. That could shipwreck you, what he went through for an average, young 20-something year old guy.
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djphinfan · May 10, 2016

Tunsil looks and acts like hes 28 years old..

man his game against alabama was flawless..predraft I thought it was the right move for the titans to not take him because of the value/stock ronnie stanley brought to the table, but im glad we got him, I truly believe some of his issues were overconfidence.

Unlucky 13 · May 11, 2016

Good quotes and link, so thank you. My big question though, is how or why in the world would our new OC be working, but not paying attention to the draft? Wouldn't he be there with Gase at least giving his opinion & counsel?

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